Larry Fink: Somewhere There's Music

by Larry Fink (Photographer)

Larry Fink secured enduring fame with the book Social Graces, which mixed images from working-class Pennsylvania with a portfolio from upper-crust Manhattan, observing manners and mores on the long, curvy couches of Studio 54 and in the chaos of Pat Sabatine's eighth birthday party, where the screen door is always just about to slam. Fink has always been interested in what high and low culture have to say to one another, and has continued to seek the best of both behind the scenes at fashion shows in Runway and in the ring with sparring fighters in Boxing.

Genres: Photography

160 pages, Hardcover

First published September 15, 2006

Reviews

[Yousseif Abdellatif · Rating 3 out of 5]

I finished Larry Fink: Somewhere There's Music and honestly didn't know whether to laugh or groan. Larry Fink has a voice that grabbed me by page three and never really let go, especially in the stretch where everything starts quietly falling apart. The ending felt rushed, like somebody yelled "wrap it up" from the next room. Great for readers who like a character-driven story, skip it if you need a tidy bow on everything.

[Yousseif Abdellatif · Rating 4 out of 5]

What makes Larry Fink: Somewhere There's Music stand out is how Larry Fink refuses to reduce complex power struggles down to simple cartoon villains, pointing instead at structural incentives.

[Phil Overeem · Rating 5 out of 5]

Saw a fantastic exhibit of Fink's work in St. Louis, and the jazz shots knocked me out. The museum employee watching the exhibit said the book collecting the prints was long-gone, but I found a used copy for $3.50 on Amazon--and it was autographed, no less. I love recycling....